# modificar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin modificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mu.ði.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [mo.ði.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mo.ði.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

modificar (first-person singular present modifico, first-person singular preterite modifiquí, past participle modificat)
* to modify

#### Related terms

* modificació
* modificador

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin modificāre.

### Verb

modificar (first-person singular present modifico, first-person singular preterite modifiquei, past participle modificado)
* to modify

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* modificación

### Further reading

* “modificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Interlingua
### Verb

modificar
* to modify

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | modificar | modificar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | modificante | modificate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | modifica | ha modificate |
| active | past | modificava | habeva modificate |
| active | future | modificara | habera modificate |
| active | conditional | modificarea | haberea modificate |
| active | imperative | modifica | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es modificate | ha essite modificate |
| passive | past | esseva modificate | habeva essite modificate |
| passive | future | essera modificate | habera essite modificate |
| passive | conditional | esserea modificate | haberea essite modificate |
| passive | imperative | sia modificate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin modificāre. By surface analysis, modo +‎ -ificar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [mo.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [mo.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mo.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mo.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [mo.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mo.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.di.fiˈkaɾ/ [mu.ði.fiˈkaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.di.fiˈkaɾ/ [mu.ði.fiˈkaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mu.di.fiˈka.ɾi/ [mu.ði.fiˈka.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: mo‧di‧fi‧car

### Verb

modificar (first-person singular present modifico, first-person singular preterite modifiquei, past participle modificado)
* to modify

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* modificação

### Further reading

* “modificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin modificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /modifiˈkaɾ/ [mo.ð̞i.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mo‧di‧fi‧car

### Verb

modificar (first-person singular present modifico, first-person singular preterite modifiqué, past participle modificado)
* to modify
    Synonyms: alterar, cambiar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* modificación

### Further reading

* “modificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10